Recently, I met members of a group called Iglesia ni Cristo (Tagalog for "Church of Christ"). After I looked them up and watched some debates between them and other Christian churches, I observed that while English speakers in their group support their teachings using a number of Bible translations, the Lamsa Bible seems to be the one they most often reference.

What are the main reasons Iglesia ni Cristo uses the Lamsa Bible and how is this translation viewed by "mainstream" scholars with a traditional approach to biblical scholarship?

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Iglesia ni Cristo (English: Church of Christ; abbreviated as INC) is an international Christian denomination religion that originated in the Philippines. It was registered and preached in 1914 by Felix Manalo,who became the first executive minister [1].

This new sect Iglesia Ni Cristo ( English: Church of Christ) is just 100 years old.They are avid Unitarians.Their Unitarian Theology is identical to Socinus than to Arius.

The Lamsa Bible is an English translation of the Aramaic Bible by George Lamsa [2].

The main reasons INC uses the Lamsa Bible is because it suits their theology.

The Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ) uses George M. Lamsa's translation of the Bible –particularly in Acts 20:28– because, in the explanation of Lamsa himself (who by the way, not a member of this church), it is Christ who purchased or redeemed the church by his own blood and not God. Because God, according to the Apostle in John 4:24, is Spirit and by that God doesn't have flesh and bones (Luke 24:39) and by definition does not have blood to pour for the church. Yet again it is not God but Christ who purchased His church with his own blood.

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